Discovering Hope

No Going Back…

It was a beautiful weekend. A time of Reconnections.  Resurrecting distant memories from days long past.  Releasing new memories into Tomorrows yet to be imagined. Memories centered in our quiet, peaceful, lakefront place hidden from the stress of Mainstream America.  Our safe, small town place with all the best from Yesteryear.  A place of No Fear... only...
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Edge of Extinction?

I have heard it said that Christianity is only one generation away from extinction.  Could that possibly be true? I saw four generations gathered together today.  A spiritual melting pot.  Believers, Agnostics, Atheists.  Hot, Lukewarm, Cold.  Passionate, Indifferent, Antagonistic.  Lost and Found.  Wandering Aimlessly.  Seeking. If I saw only with my natural eyes, I might...
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NO Coincidences… EVER!

What are the chances, Lord?  They must be ZERO. Dear friends had a prayer request for me tonight.  A devastating turn of events for a family dear to them.  A three-year-old whose future now seems very much at risk. There is never any time like the present to come into Your Presence... is there, Lord?...
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Living in The Almost

Things will be better when... If only I could... I can't wait until... I'll finally be happy when... I won't stop until... Living in The Almost.  The Not Yet.  The What If. Reaching for the Out There Somewhere.  Living for Tomorrow. Missing Today. "This is the day the Lord has made.  Let us rejoice and be...
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One Third of One Second

That's how long it takes the human eye to blink.  Just 300-400 milliseconds out of the 1,000 milliseconds that occur in one second. For some, it's the time it takes to leave this world and enter... The Next. Like whoever was traveling in the Jeep we passed today on the Interstate. The Jeep that had...
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Extra-Ordinary Prayer!

Sometimes the "Out of The Ordinary" generates Excitement... even Thrills.  Sometimes it provokes a sense of Adventure. Sometimes the kind of Surprise that delights the soul. Yet sometimes, it ushers in a sense of foreboding.  Like right now. My beloved business colleague and I should have been on the phone for forty minutes by now.  Catching...
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AUDACIOUS Prayers!

You're teaching me to pray BIG, Lord.  BIGGER today than yesterday.  Growing my small faith so it is as "small" as a mustard seed! "Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move.  Nothing will...
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Sowing Deep

The opportunity I had prayed for materialized like an object being "beamed up" by the transporter on the Starship  Enterprise. The opportunity You had prepared for me, Lord, before the foundation of the world.  The opportunity to give my testimony of Your Life-saving Grace to these teenagers whose hopelessness has hardened their hearts to You....
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The Agenda Beneath The Agenda

Lord, what an amazing day!!!  So much to praise You and thank You for... but I begin here with what happened at the end of our session. One of our team members was leading the group of 15-year-olds.  She was "blown away" by what was revealed in her group.  She was caught unaware.   Surprised by...
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Playing Spiritual Scrabble?

It took a whole year, Lord. That's how long I've been a member of the professional women's networking group You led me to join in my home-away-from-home. I attend fewer than half of the monthly meetings, because we are here less than half of the year.  When I am present, I make my 60-second intro and often...
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